Armer Company is accumulating data to use in preparing its annual profit plan for the coming year. The cost behavior pattern of the maintenance costs must be determined. The accounting staff has suggested the use of linear regression to derive an equation for maintenance hours and costs. Data regarding the maintenance hours and costs for the last year and the results of the regression analysis follow:
Month | Maintenance Cost | Machine Hours | ||||
Jan. | $ | 4,950 | 780 | |||
Feb. | 3,750 | 620 | ||||
Mar. | 4,350 | 700 | ||||
Apr. | 3,570 | 600 | ||||
May | 5,100 | 800 | ||||
June | 3,710 | 610 | ||||
July | 3,780 | 620 | ||||
Aug. | 5,220 | 880 | ||||
Sept. | 5,010 | 790 | ||||
Oct. | 4,800 | 770 | ||||
Nov. | 4,050 | 650 | ||||
Dec. | 3,910 | 640 | ||||
Sum | $ | 52,200 | 8,460 | |||
Average | $ | 4,350 | $ | 705 | ||
Average cost per hour | $ | 6.00 | ||||
a (intercept) | $ | −238.58 | ||||
b (coefficient) | 6.5086 | |||||
Standard error of the estimate | 114.594 | |||||
R-squared | 0.96949 | |||||
t-value for b | 17.8260 | |||||
At 400 hours of activity, Armer management can be approximately
two-thirds confident that the maintenance costs will be in the
range of __________
Multiple Choice
$2,105.33 to $2,624.39.
$2,250.27 to $2,479.45.
$2,221.14 to $2,508.70.
None of these answer choices are correct.
$2,106.28 to $2,623.41.
SE = $114.594
Predicted cost at 400 hours = -$238.58 +400*6.5086
=$2,364.86
Confidence range = $2,364.86 +(or)-$114.594
$2,250.27 to $ 2,479.45
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